View source for Diervilla florida

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Diervilla florida, Sieb. & Zucc. (Weigela rosea, Lindl. W. amabilis, Hort. D. pauciflora, Carr.). Shrub, to 6 ft.: branchlets with 2 hairy stripes: lvs. short-petioled or nearly sessile, elliptic or ovate-oblong to obovate, serrate, glabrous above except at the midrib, more or less pubescent or tomentose on the veins beneath, 2-4 in. long: calyx nearly glabrous, with lanceolate teeth; ovary slightly hairy; fls. 1-3, pale or deep rose, 1¼ in. long; corolla broadly funnel-shaped, abruptly narrowed below the middle. May, June. N. China. B.M. 4396. F.S. 3:211. B.H.1:577. Gt. 54, p.86. R.H. 1849:381. H.F. 1854:21. V. 18:37.—This is one of the most cult. species, very free-flowering and rather hardy. Var. alba, Moore. Fls. white, changing to light pink. R.H. 1861:331. Var. venusta, Rehd. Lvs. smaller, usually obovate, 1½-2½ in. long, usually nearly glabrous: fls. in dense clusters with small lvs. at the base; corolla slender, about 1½ in. long, rather gradually narrowed toward the base, lobes oval to oval-oblong, rosy pink. Korea, N. China.— Recently intro.; very floriferous, early and hardy.
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